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Looking to enhance your A-level Business teaching with engaging and effective resources? Look no further than these professionally-designed PowerPoint slides on Cambridge A-level Business! Created by experienced educators, these slides align with the Cambridge curriculum and cover key topics in A-level Business, including marketing, finance, operations, and strategic management. With clear explanations and visually-striking graphics, these slides will keep your students engaged and motivated.
Looking to enhance your A-level Business teaching with engaging and effective resources? Look no further than these professionally-designed PowerPoint slides on Cambridge A-level Business! Created by experienced educators, these slides align with the Cambridge curriculum and cover key topics in A-level Business, including marketing, finance, operations, and strategic management. With clear explanations and visually-striking graphics, these slides will keep your students engaged and motivated.
A comprehensive online and/or classroom-ready presentation on Costs, as part of the Cambridge International Examinations Business Syllabus Unit 5 on Finance and Accounting. Connects seamlessly with the core approved textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.
This presentation highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE A2 Level Business Unit 5 including:
• understand the differences between full and contribution costing
• apply the technique of contribution costing
• evaluate situations in which contribution costing would and would not be used
• apply contribution costing to ‘accept/reject’ order decisions
• solve numerical problems involving costing methods.
The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. A time-saving key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.
A thorough online and/or classroom-ready presentation on Costs, as part of the Cambridge International Examinations Business Syllabus Unit 5 on Finance and Accounting. Connects seamlessly with the core approved textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.
This presentation highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE AS Level Business Unit 5 including:
• explain the diff erent classifications given to production costs
• understand the uses to which cost data can be put
• analyse which costs of production are likely to vary with output and which will not
• use costs of production in break-even analysis
• apply break-even analysis in simple business decision-making situations
• evaluate the usefulness of break-even analysis.
The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. An excellent key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.
Teacher Presentation slides for the A Level Business classroom. All relevant topics covered in the Cambridge International A Level syllabus: Strategic management, Human resource management, Financial management, Marketing etc. This is a must-have for any teacher preparing students for the A2 exam to maximise examination outcomes of the game and save teacher preparation time.
As teachers ourselves, we know just how busy teachers, balancing teaching A Level Business with grading, classroom management, and other teaching responsibilities. That’s why we’ve developed these slides. Work smarter and spend less time preparing for lessons with this comprehensive, original, and robust collection of PowerPoints. They will help your students master the key concepts before taking their exams and achieve their full potential.
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A Level Business Slides is a resourceful package of A Level Business Materials guided by the Cambridge University Press textbook to help you prepare for your A Levels. The materials in the bundle include all the key topics organised according to Cambridge Assessment International Education’s Cambridge International Examinations,
The bundle of resources included in this package include the full range of slides for A Level Business with a Cambridge International Examinations focus, however teachers of AQA and Edexcel will also benefit from the materials.
The full bundle of all A2 Level Resources for Teachers of Business.
Units 1-6 Include:
Business and its Environment
People in Organisations
Marketing
Operations
Finance
Strategic Management
These presentations cover all of the syllabus points pertinent to Cambridge International Examinations A Level Business Units 1 through 6 found in the core textbook suggested by CIE.
A total of 20 slideshows spanning the entire A Level curriculum.
A comprehensive presentation for use online or in the classroom on Accounting Fundamentals, as part of the Cambridge International Examinations Business Syllabus Unit 5 on Finance and Accounting. Connects seamlessly with the core approved textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.
This presentation highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE AS Level Business Unit 5 including:
• understand why keeping business accounts is so important
• analyse the main users and uses of business accounting records
• identify and understand the main components of an income statement
• identify and understand the main components of a Statement of financial position
• analyse business accounts by using ratio analysis – liquidity and profit-margin ratios
• evaluate the limitations of ratio analysis and of published accounts.
The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. An excellent key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.
A thorough classroom-ready presentation on The Nature of Operations, as part of the Cambridge AS Business Syllabus (9609) for exams from 2026-2028.
These comprehensive slides Includes case studies, discussion prompts and all the necessary content to cover the following required learning objectives:
The transformational process
• the use of factors of production: land, labour, capital and enterprise
• the stages of the transformational process: inputs to outputs
• the contribution of operations to added value
Efficiency, effectiveness, productivity and sustainability
• the importance of efficiency, effectiveness, productivity and sustainability
• measurement of labour productivity
• the impact on a business of measures to improve sustainability of operations
Capital intensive and labour intensive operations
• the benefits and limitations of capital intensive operations
• the benefits and limitations of labour intensive operations
Operations methods: job, batch, flow, mass customisation
• differences between methods – advantages and disadvantages of each method
• the problems of changing from one method to another
Complete and comprehensive lesson materials for Sources of Finance.
Created by a Business Teacher with 25 plus years of experience worldwide. Designed to empower teachers looking to maximise instructional time and student outcomes effectively.
Materials include full topic overviews, case studies, video links, discussion prompts and review questions.
All learning objectives covered including…
5.2.1 Business ownership and sources of finance
• the relationship between the form of business ownership and availability of sources of finance
5.2.2 Internal and external sources of finance
• internal sources of finance: owners investment, retained earnings, sale of unwanted assets, sale and leaseback of non-current assets, working capital
• external sources of finance: share capital, debentures, new partners, venture capital, bank overdrafts, leasing, hire purchase, bank loans, mortgages, debt factoring, trade credit, micro-finance, crowd funding and government grants
5.2.3 Factors affecting the sources of finance
• the factors influencing the choice of sources of finance in a given situation: cost, flexibility, need to retain control, the use to which it is put, level of existing debt
5.2.4 Selecting the source of finance
• the appropriateness of each possible source in a given situation
Complete Lesson Materials for Business Finance for Cambridge AS Level 2026-2028 Exams.
Includes comprehensive slides covering the topic, case study, video link, class discussion prompts, and questions for review.
Designed by A Level business teachers with more than 15 years experience teaching the subject. Made to help teachers save time, have peace of mind, and gain time to focus on supporting students reach their full potential.
All necessary learning objectives covered:
5.1.1 The need for business finance
• reasons why businesses need finance to start up, to grow and to survive
• the distinction between short and long term need for finance
• the difference between cash and profits
• business failure as a consequence of lack of finance: bankruptcy, liquidation and administration
5.1.2 Working capital
• the meaning and importance of working capital
• managing trade receivables and trade payables
• the distinction between capital expenditure and revenue expenditure
These comprehensive teaching materials for Topic 1.1 Business Enterprise (Cambridge 9609, exams 2026-2028) are designed to save you time, simplify lesson planning and maximise student learning outcomes.
Key Features:
Ready-to-Use Slides: Classroom-ready content that’s easy to edit and customize.
Engaging Activities: Includes interactive exercises to help students understand and apply key concepts.
Teacher-Friendly Design: Simplifies preparation and guides classroom interaction.
Flexible Delivery: Ideal for both in-person and online teaching.
Learning Objectives Covered:
The purpose of business activity.
Factors of production: land, labor, capital, and enterprise.
The concept of adding value.
Economic activity, the problem of choice, and opportunity cost.
The dynamic business environment.
Reasons for business success and failure.
Differences between local, national, and multinational businesses.
Qualities needed for entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial success.
The role of entrepreneurship in starting a business.
The role of intrapreneurship in business growth.
Barriers to entrepreneurship.
Business risk and uncertainty.
The role of business enterprise in a country’s development.
The meaning, purpose, and key elements of business plans.
Benefits and limitations of business plans.
Why Choose This Resource?
Save Time: Pre-designed slides reduce prep time and allow you to focus on teaching.
Boost Engagement: Activities and notes enhance classroom participation.
Adaptable: Suitable for both new and experienced teachers, and customizable for different teaching styles.
Equip your students to succeed in their 2026-2028 Cambridge AS Business Exams with these Business Enterprise Teaching Materials. Perfect for creating impactful lessons with ease.
Complete lesson for Business Objectives for AS Business Syllabus for exams from 2026-2028.
Contents include overview, class discussion prompts, case studies, review questions. Connects seamlessly with approved Cambridge materials.
This presentation highlights key concepts of the syllabus including:
Understand the objectives of businesses in the private sector, public sector, and social enterprises.
Recognize the importance of setting business objectives.
Explain corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line, including economic, social, and environmental objectives.
Analyze the relationship between mission statements, aims, objectives, strategy, and tactics in a business context.
Describe the stages of business decision-making and explain the role objectives play in each stage.
Evaluate how business objectives may change over time.
Demonstrate how business objectives are translated into targets and budgets.
Discuss the importance of communicating objectives and their potential impact on the workforce.
Define SMART objectives and explain how they are applied in business.
Understand how ethical considerations can influence business objectives and activities.
An excellent key resource for new and experienced teachers alike. Made by teachers, for teachers to save time and maximise effectiveness.
The Marketing Mix for Cambridge AS Level Business 9609 for the 2026-2028 syllabus. These comprehensive slides provide everything you need to teach.
Includes slides covering all necessary content, plus class discussion prompts, case studies, video links, and questions.
Learning Objectives Covered:
These slides are meticulously designed to help students achieve mastery of the following:
3.3.1 The Elements of the Marketing Mix (4Ps):
Define and explain Product, Price, Promotion, and Place.
Analyze the role of each element in a successful marketing strategy.
Evaluate the importance of a balanced marketing mix in meeting customer needs and business goals.
3.3.2 Product:
Differentiate between goods and services through tangible and intangible attributes.
Understand the role of product development in maintaining a competitive edge.
Explain product differentiation and the impact of a unique selling point (USP) on customer perception.
3.3.3 Product Portfolio Analysis:
Explain the stages of the product life cycle and the importance of extension strategies.
Use the Boston Matrix to assess product portfolios and guide marketing decisions.
Evaluate the strategic value of product portfolio analysis.
3.3.4 Pricing Methods:
Identify pricing methods such as competitive, penetration, skimming, price discrimination, dynamic, cost-based, and psychological pricing.
Assess the objectives and market situations for different pricing strategies.
Evaluate how pricing impacts consumer demand and brand positioning.
3.3.5 Promotion Methods:
Explain the objectives of advertising, sales promotion, and direct promotion.
Analyze how digital promotion connects with modern audiences.
Explore how branding and packaging serve as promotional tools.
3.3.6 Place (Channels of Distribution):
Define the purpose of different distribution channels.
Compare the benefits of digital and physical distribution methods.
Assess the role of distribution in making products accessible to customers.
What’s Included:
Engaging Summaries: Clear, concise explanations of critical concepts.
Interactive Activities: Exercises to stimulate student engagement and comprehension.
Discussion Starters: Foster critical thinking and collaboration.
Exit Tickets: Quick assessments to measure understanding at the end of lessons.
Why Teachers Love These Slides:
Aligned with Cambridge International standards yet flexible for other exam boards like AQA and Edexcel.
Helps you reduce prep time while maximizing student outcomes.
Developed by educators, for educators, ensuring classroom relevance and practicality.
Equip your students to master the marketing mix. These slides offer everything you need to teach confidently while saving time.
Updated for exams from 2026 to 2028, this comprehensive, classroom-ready presentation covers Size of Business from Unit 1: Business and Its Environment in the Cambridge International AS Business (9609) syllabus.
Key Features:
Fully Aligned: Seamlessly connects with approved textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.
Interactive Design: Includes key concepts, discussion prompts, and exercises for engaging lessons.
Teacher-Friendly: Ready for use as-is or adaptable to your teaching style.
What’s Covered:
These materials explore essential syllabus topics, including:
Methods for measuring business size and their appropriateness.
Advantages and disadvantages of small businesses.
Strengths and weaknesses of family-owned businesses.
Importance of small businesses and their role in the economy.
Role of small businesses within specific industry structures.
Internal (organic) growth strategies and how businesses grow internally.
Types of external growth through mergers and takeovers, including horizontal, vertical (backward and forward), and conglomerate diversification.
Key differences between friendly mergers and hostile takeovers.
Stakeholder impact of mergers and takeovers.
Factors influencing the success or failure of mergers and takeovers in achieving objectives.
Significance of joint ventures and strategic alliances as methods of external growth.
Why Choose This Resource?
Save Time: Pre-made materials reduce lesson prep time.
Enhance Confidence: Deliver impactful and engaging lessons with ease.
Versatile: Perfect for both new and experienced teachers.
Prepare your students for success in the 2026-2028 Cambridge AS Business Exams with this essential teaching resource. Ideal for classroom use or online delivery.
A thorough classroom-ready presentation on Inventory Management, as part of the Cambridge International Examinations AS Business Syllabus (9609) for exams from 2026-2028.
These comprehensive slides have everything you need to deliver a full series of lessons:
case studies
discussion prompts
concise but effective notes covering all required learning objectives:
Managing inventory learning objectives:
*** The purpose of inventory within a business (raw materials, work in progress, finished products)**
The costs and benefits of holding inventory
Buffer inventory, re-order level, and lead time
Interpretation of simple inventory control charts
The importance of supply chain management
*** Just in Time (JIT)**
The purpose of JIT and JIC (Just in Case) inventory management
The impact of adopting a JIT approach on a business
Made by teachers, for teachers. Quality materials that save your time and give you the mental bandwidth to focus on supporting students.
Complete lesson materials to cover the topic of Forecasting and Managing Cash Flows from AS Level Business 9609 for Exams from 2026-2028.
Excellent materials to cover the topic, including topic overview, real world case study, video links, discussion prompts, and review questions.
Created by a Business teacher with more than 25 years of experience teaching students worldwide. Designed to help teachers maximise the impact of instructional time to help students achieve.
Time saving, comprehensive and effective.
Thoroughly covers all learning objectives:
Forecasting and managing cash flows
5.3.1 Cash flow forecasts
• the meaning and purpose of cash flow forecasts
• the interpretation and amendment of simple cash flow forecasts: calculating opening and closing balances
• different methods of improving cash flow
Complete Human Resources Management teaching materials for AS Level Business Cambridge 9609 for examinations 2026-2028
These complete materials includes comprehensive overview, exercises, case studies, video links, discussion prompts and review questions of the CIE AS Level Business syllabus:
2.1.1 Purpose and Roles of HRM
Understand the role of HRM in achieving organizational objectives.
2.1.2 Workforce Planning
Explain the reasons for creating a workforce plan and its role in a business.
Measure and interpret labor turnover.
Analyze the implications of high and low labor turnover for a business.
2.1.3 Recruitment and Selection
Understand the recruitment process, including job descriptions and person specifications.
Identify and evaluate different recruitment methods (e.g., job advertisements, employment agencies, online recruitment).
Differentiate between internal and external recruitment.
Analyze selection methods, including CVs, résumés, application forms, interviews, references, testing, and assessment centers.
Understand the purpose of employment contracts.
2.1.4 Redundancy and Dismissal
Explain the difference between voluntary and involuntary redundancy and fair and unfair dismissal.
2.1.5 Morale and Welfare
Understand the relationship between HRM, employee morale, and welfare, including the concept of work-life balance.
Evaluate the impact of diversity and equality in the workplace on a business.
2.1.6 Training and Development
Differentiate between types of training: induction, on-the-job, and off-the-job.
Analyze the impact of training and development on business performance.
Understand how employee development can encourage intrapreneurship, multi-skilling, and flexibility.
2.1.7 Management and Workforce Relations
Understand how cooperation between management and the workforce can benefit both parties.
Analyze the impact of trade union involvement in the workplace, including their role in collective bargaining.
The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. An excellent key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.
Complete lesson material for Management and Managers AS Business Syllabus for 2026-2028 Cambridge Examinations.
This complete presentation includes comprehensive overview, exercises, case studies, video links, class discussion prompts, and review questions. Highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE AS Level Business:
2.3.1 Management and managers
• traditional manager functions: planning, organising, directing, controlling
• the role of managers: Fayol, Mintzberg
• the contribution of managers to business performance
• management styles: autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, paternalistic
• McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y managers
The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. An excellent key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.
A thorough classroom-ready presentation on Inventory Management, as part of the Cambridge International Examinations Business Syllabus Unit 4 on Operations and Project Management. Connects seamlessly with the core approved textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.
This presentation highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE AS Level Business Unit 4 including:
• understanding why businesses hold stock (inventories) and the costs of stock holding
• analyse the advantages and disadvantages of traditional stock-management systems
• discuss the just-in-time (JIT) stock-management system.
The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. A time-saving key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.
A classroom-ready set of presentations covering Motivation Theory and Practice from Unit 2 of the Cambridge International Examinations Business Syllabus. Connects seamlessly with the core approved textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.
This presentations highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE AS Level Business Unit 2 including:
• the need to motivate employees to achieve the objectives of a business
• a simple explanation of human need
• how human needs may or may not be satisfied at work
• ideas of the main content theorists (Maslow, Taylor, Mayo, Herzberg) and process theorists (McClelland, Vroom)
• the theories in practical situations
• different payment methods (time based, salary, piece rates, commission, bonuses, profit sharing, performance related pay)
• different types of non-financial motivators (training, induction, opportunities for promotion, development, status, job re-design, team working, empowerment, participation, fringe benefits/perks)
• ways in which employees can participate in the management and control of business activity
The presentations can be delivered as lectures and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. An excellent key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.
A robust online and/or classroom-ready presentation covering Business Structure from Unit 1 of the Cambridge International Examinations Business Syllabus. Connects seamlessly with the approved core textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.
This presentation highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE A2 Level Business Unit 1 including:
• main differences between local, national and multinational businesses
• the growing importance of international trading links and their impact on business activity
• benefits and disadvantages that a multinational might bring to a country
• possible relationships between multinationals and the state
• advantages and disadvantages of privatisation in a given situation
The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. An excellent key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.
A robust collection of two classroom-ready presentations covering External Influences and External Economics Influences on Business Activity from Unit 1 of the Cambridge International Examinations Business Syllabus. Connects seamlessly with the core approved textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.
This presentation highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE A2 Level Business Unit 1 including:
• how a government might use the law to seek to control: employment, conditions of work (including health and
safety), minimum wage, marketing behaviour, competition, location decisions, particular goods and services
• how international agreements might have an impact on businesses
• how the state might intervene to help businesses (small and large)
• how the state might intervene to constrain businesses (small and large)
• the impact of and issues associated with corporate social responsibility (CSR), e.g. accounting practices, paying incentives for the award of contracts, social auditing
• why businesses need to consider the needs of the community including pressure groups
• problems of introducing technological change
• how businesses are constrained by and rely on other businesses
• how a business might react to a given demographic change
• how (physical) environmental issues might influence business behaviour
The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. An excellent key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.
A thorough online and/or classroom-ready presentation on Strategic Analysis, as part of the Cambridge International Examinations Business Syllabus Unit 6 on Strategic Management. Connects seamlessly with the core approved textbooks and addresses all learning objectives.
This presentation highlights key concepts of the syllabus from the CIE A2 Level Business Unit 6 including:
• understand the importance of strategic analysis
• undertake and interpret a SWOT analysis
• undertake and interpret a PEST analysis
• evaluate the role of business vision and mission statements in strategic analysis
• undertake and interpret Boston Matrix analysis of the product portfolio of a business.
• assess the significance of Porter’s Five Forces analysis as a framework for business strategy
• assess the significance of Core Competencies analysis as a framework for business strategy
The presentation can be delivered as a lecture and supplemented with a teacher’s own creative exercises and activities. A time-saving key resource for new and experienced teachers alike.